Middle East Partnership Initiative

MMF

Mena Media Fund

The MENA Media Fund invests in Arab media in association with local, international, and American partners. Currently, the Fund has more than twenty projects in development or production in the Middle East and North Africa. It is managed by Visionaire Media in association with the US Department of State.

MENA Media FUND
Current

THE PHOENICIANS

An epic narrative series in the tradition of The Vikings and Game of Thrones. With their fantastic fleets of ships spreading trade and culture throughout the Mediterranean, the Phoenicians are the greatest undocumented people in the history of the civilized world. They were a people of mystery, romance, and magic, their stories lost across the centuries. Fearless in a world full of fear, they eschewed empire building for trade and commerce, worshipped pantheistic gods and delighted in Bacchanalian orgies.

CONFESSIONS FROM A WAR

Confessions From A War is a feature documentary in the tradition of The Sorrow and the Pity about the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990). It is not about what happened but about the emotional and psychological cost of war and the value of forgiveness and repentance. Finally, it is not just about this war; it is about all wars.

27 DAYS

8-part series in the tradition of Costa Gavras on the 27 Days in Tunisia from the self-immolation of Bouazizi to the resignation of the tyrannical dictator, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. It is the story of the first “wired’ revolution led largely by kids who had only cell phones and the internet, and they mobilized a nation and gave birth to the Arab Spring

GREAT WEDDINGS OF THE WORLD

Featuring Ziad Nassar, the world’s preeminent wedding planner. Each episode will intercut between the inherent drama of the bride and groom and their families and Ziad and his team as they prepare for the big event.

CONFESSIONS OF A RUNNER

Ultra-Runner. Pilot. A man who turned to running to heal himself traverses Lebanon, a country that he considers to have similar wounds to his own. He has numerous prescient encounters with locals and garners support and enthusiasm from Lebanese runners as he approaches his extraordinary goal. Directed by Bashar Khattar.

SHADEN | FEMALE SUSPECT

One Woman Show. Stand-up comedy series with Cinemoz. Shaden Esperanza is arguably the funniest comedian in Lebanon and she’s gay. Shaden was the pilot for a series on Arab Standup Comedians now in its third season on Netflix.